Maurizio Sarri’s representatives will fly to London on Thursday to begin talks with Chelsea over replacing Antonio Conte at Stamford Bridge, reports claim.

The Italian coach was sacked by Napoli on Wednesday – with Carlo Ancelotti announced as his replacement just hours after being shown the door – and he is now pondering his next club.

Sarri has two options for his first job outside of Italy.

First, his agent Alessandro Pellegrini and other representatives will fly to London for discussions with Chelsea to learn how much they would offer him and the general terms of any deal on the table.

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Terry is set to stay at Villa (Picture: Getty)

Aston Villa are desperate to keep John Terry at the club if they achieve promotion to the Premier League – and they’re even willing to offer him a deal that would see him sit out games against former club Chelsea.

The West Midlands outfit will take on Fulham on Saturday in the play-off final, with a spot in next season’s top flight up for grabs.

Terry joined Steve Bruce’s side at the end of his career-long spell at Chelsea where he led the Blues to the Premier League, FA Cup, Europa League, League Cup and Champions League in a glorious stint… Read the full story]]>

Chelsea are preparing to begin talks with Nice midfielder Jean-Michael Seri, despite Arsenal pushing to make the Ivorian their first summer signing.

The Blues were named as part of a group of clubs monitoring the 26-year-old’s situation, though the Gunners were thought to be the front-runners.

Unai Emery was desperate to bring Seri to Paris Saint-Germain, and he has pleaded with club bosses to trigger his £35million release clause and make the Ivory Coast international their first signing of the transfer window.

Alvaro Morata is being linked with both Juventus and AC Milan (Picture: Getty)

Alvaro Morata has been pictured with his agent and Juventus’ sporting director amid rumours he will leave Chelsea this summer.

Just a year after joining Chelsea for a fee of £60million, the Spain international is being strongly linked with a departure, with Juventus and AC Milan interested in striking a deal.

Morata started his Blues career with eight goals in nine games but he slowly lost his confidence and was replaced in the starting line-up by Olivier Giroud following his January move to Stamford Bridge.

Unai Emery wants to make Nice midfielder Jean-Michael Seri his first signing for Arsenal, according to reports.

The 46-year-old has been officially confirmed as the Gunners’ new manager after ending his two-year stint at Paris Saint-Germain this season.

Despite the absence of a manager since Arsene Wenger’s departure, Arsenal’s head of recruitment Sven Mislintat has been pressing ahead with transfers and is targeting Freiburg’s 21-year-old centre-back Caglar Soyuncu, as well as Borussia Dortmund’s Sokratis Papastathopoulos.

But according to the Daily Mail, Emery is keen to sign Seri having already targeted the 26-year-old during his time at Paris Saint-Germain.

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Alvaro Morata could leave Chelsea this summer (Picture: Getty)

AC Milan have held preliminary talks with Chelsea over a move for unsettled striker Alvaro Morata, according to reports.

Chelsea spent £60million on Morata when they signed the Spaniard from Real Madrid last summer but he is already being linked with a departure.

The 25-year-old hit the ground running at Stamford Bridge with eight goals in his first nine games but his contributions quickly fell away.

With his confidence shot, Morata scored just one Premier League goal in 2018 and lost his place in the team towards the end of the season to Olivier Giroud.

Chelsea are willing to smash their transfer record in order to sign Bayern Munich star Robert Lewandowski in a £100m deal this summer.

The Polish striker has spent the last eight seasons in the Bundesliga and has intimated he is open to leaving the Allianz Arena.

There’s set to be considerable upheavel at Stamford Bridge this summer with Antonio Conte likely to be sacked, while owner Roman Abramovich is being asked to explain how he gathered his wealth after the UK government refused his visa application.

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Although the Brazilian was voted the club’s Players’ Player of the Year after an excellent campaign, he has found himself out of Conte’s starting XI more recently – including in the FA Cup final on Saturday.

Willian has been named on the bench in four of Chelsea’s last five games, and his animosity towards Conte spilled over when he edited the Italian out of a picture from Saturday’s FA Cup win.

The 29-year-old won his sixth Bundesliga title this season, while he also finished as the division’s top goalscorer for the third time in his career.

But according to Przeglad Sportowy, Lewandowski wants to leave Bayern Munich and has been granted permission by Poland’s national team to delay his arrival with the squad ahead of the World Cup in order to finalise his transfer.

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Eden Hazard has emerged as a target for Manchester City (Picture: Getty)

Pep Guardiola confirmed this week that City would only look to sign ‘one or two’ players during the summer transfer window and said the club were not in a position to spend ‘another £300m’ on signings.

The Atletico Madrid manager has overseen the Spanish side’s rapid rise since his appointment seven years ago and will look to claim the first European trophy of his tenure in tonight’s Europa League final against Marseille.

Chelsea could well be looking for a new manager come the summer if Antonio Conte, as is widely anticipated, leaves Stamford Bridge and although Lampard believes Mikel Arteta, the overwhelming favourite to replace Wenger, has the potential to prosper both London rivals should be… Read the full story]]>

Chelsea have emerged as the favourites to land Jean Michael Seri after the midfielder sat down with representatives from Arsenal, according to reports.

Arsenal held talks with Seri recently as they bid to convince the Ligue 1 star to reject Chelsea and Barcelona.

The recent appointment of Arsenal director Raul Sanllehi had given the Gunners hope they could snatch up Seri because the former Barcelona transfer guru had a pre-existing relationship with the player.

Sanllehi tried to broker a deal between Nice and Barcelona last summer and was confident his past dealings with Seri… Read the full story]]>